Three times this year, downtown Lebanon has flooded due to heavy rains.

Following Monday’s regular meeting, the Lebanon City Council spent more than an hour in a work session with representatives of O’Brien and Gere Engineers about what steps are needed to address the problem.

The initial proposal is to complete a study that would include a topographic study, aerial photogrammetric mapping, hydraulic models and technical memorandums. The cost for completing this study is $118,787.

Lebanon Elementary School took part in a national campaign, Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation. On Thursday, Oct. 3, people across the country united to read the children’s book “Otis” by Loren Long. Lebanon Elementary also had several fun activities for children to participate in, which coincided with the theme of Otis the tractor. Don Veatch even parked one of his tractors in front of the school so that students could experience “Otis” firsthand.